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birchmeier
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12 months ago
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Add the Search Icon or add a shortcut.

I am incredibly confused on why the search icon would be removed. It is so awkward to click on the search bar. Why I have to search is because autofill fails which is becoming increasingly common or ...
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    1P_Dave
    5 months ago

    Hello folks, 

    Thanks again for all of the feedback. I thought that I would provide an update in this thread. Based on all of the feedback received from users in the community, social media, support, and other places the team has added the ability to immediately focus the search bar by pulling down on the Home, Items, and Watchtower screens when using 1Password for iOS. 

    You can also immediately launch and focus search by long-pressing on the 1Password icon on your home screen and then tapping Search. 

    The team will continue to iterate and test other approaches for search in the future and we do appreciate all of the feedback, even if specific suggestions/requests in this thread aren't implemented at this time. 

    -Dave

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1P_Dave
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11 months ago

I’d still really like an answer on why this change was made.

The team received an overwhelming amount of feedback from customers that search wasn't as easy to use as it should be in the mobile apps. Many customers found the search tab confusing and a search field at the top of the app (similar to other popular apps like Apple Mail, Notes, Contacts, Gmail, and more) has been one of our most frequently requested features.

This was also how search worked in previous versions of 1Password, where a search field was located at the top of the app (screenshot from 1Password 7 for iOS) rather than having a dedicated search tab:

The team is continuing to listen to feedback from customers, including the feedback in this thread, and is working on continuing to improve how search works in the 1Password 8 app. Thank you for raising your concerns and specific use cases, I've made sure to share all of your feedback with our team internally.

-Dave

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